Seahawks fans use posters an a photo from a previous Seahawks playoff win to taunt Cowboys players, including Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent (92) as they exit after a game against the Seattle Seahawks on September16, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Just like that, the Dallas Cowboys are a .500 team again.

While
only two games into the new season, this team has insisted things had
to different after being distinctly average for so long.

So who are these Cowboys?
The team that opened the season by winning on the road against the
defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants, or the team that seemed
so listless in Seattle in a 27-7 loss?

"We want to be a team that
can go out there and win and be consistent every week," linebacker Sean
Lee said Monday. "That's the identity we're working toward, tough,
relentless, hard-nosed football team that's going to be there. We didn't
do that. We didn't execute and that's why we lost."

The Cowboys
were down 10-0 less than 5 minutes into Sunday's game after Felix Jones
fumbled away the opening kickoff and Seattle returned a blocked punt
for a touchdown. And those were just some of their many mistakes.

There
also was an early interception thrown by Tony Romo right to a defender,
and several dropped passes by usually reliable tight end Jason Witten.

And
the production varied greatly from the opener to game two for running
back DeMarco Murray (131 yards rushing to 44) and receiver Kevin
Ogletree (eight catches, 114 yards and two TDs to one catch for 26
yards).

Not exactly what was expected for the Cowboys
and coach Jason Garrett, who so often talks about consistency and
stacking good days on top of each other. He also talks about taking care
of the football, playing relentless and being physical.

"Identity
is an ongoing thing. It's an ongoing thing for players, it's an ongoing
thing for a football team," Garrett said. "At times, we've done a
really good job playing to that identity and other times we haven't, but
it's emphasized to our team a lot and we're trying to get better and
better in that."

Especially after the kind of game they had against the Seahawks, who as Witten put it more strongly, kicked their rear ends.

The Cowboys play their home opener Sunday against Tampa Bay (1-1).

"Sunday
can't get here fast enough," Witten said. "Today's an important day of
never really getting too high after a big win or too low after a loss.
You got to be critical of yourself, you have to evaluate it, win or
loss, and get better. I think that's the approach our team is taking."

It
was the seven-time Pro Bowl tight end who said at the start of training
camp that this year "can't be the same old story." The Cowboys were 8-8 last season, making them 120-120 over a 15-season span before this year when they had only one playoff victory.

Starting
safeties Gerald Sensabaugh (calf) and Barry Church (tight bruise) were
hurt Sunday, and Garrett said they were both day-to-day. Sensabaugh was
still in a walking boot Monday.

Lee, who was knocked down with his
cleats in the air after a crushing block by Golden Tate early in the
fourth quarter Sunday, said he felt fine and ready to get back to
practice Wednesday.

"The NFL will judge whether that's legal or
not. Whatever it is, I'll deal with it," Lee said. "I'm on to the next
game. I'm not worried about it. I'm more worried about how we can be
better on defense, how we can improve from the mistakes we made."

While
no flag was thrown against Tate, the play will certainly be reviewed by
the NFL and could result in a fine. When Garrett was asked if he
thought it was a legal block against Lee, the coach said the league does
a good job addressing those types of issues.

"These plays happen
quickly in games. It's hard for the ref to see exactly what happen,"
Garrett said. "One of the things that the league has talked about is the
importance of player safety and defenseless players and we've had a lot
of discussion about that over the last couple of years. They'll handle
the situation the right way."

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